Choosing Yourself Leads To Happiness

Happiness is knowing God and his love for you.Circumstances don't matter. Being grateful and not comparing helps too.

Your words make sense. Faith in God is great. He gets us. Loving him is like loving yourself-gives you peace and makes you feel connected inside.

Yes, people often ponder the rules and commandments extensively, but at its core, it's really about love. God's primary message is: "You shall love the Lord your God with all your heart, soul, mind, and strength." The second most important commandment is: "Love your neighbor as you love yourself."

Everything else stems from this foundation of love. First and foremost, we are to love God, recognizing His profound love for us. When we understand how He views us, it becomes easier to reciprocate that love and extend the same affection to ourselves and others. This perspective helps us see that loving our neighbors is a natural extension of God's love.

I agree completely. Having some form of faith or meaningful ideals in life can be incredibly important, even if one's belief includes specific paths like following Jess. Faith provides a sense of purpose and guidance.

Thank you for sharing your thoughts.

Oh my gosh, thank you so much for saying that about my words. It really means a lot. Anyway, have you ever had one of those moments where something happens and it feels like there's just no other explanation than God existing? Like some kind of crazy miracle that makes your hair stand on end? I mean, if you've been through something like that before, would you mind telling me about it? Honestly, I'd love to hear any stories you might have.

I mean, I live in one of the most atheistic countries around, you know? I swear, for most of my life, I didn't come across a single person who believed in God. I never really heard anything about it either. To me, religion was all nonsense, and there was this weird kind of... almost subconscious hostility against anything religious. Honestly, if someone had asked me to turn to God or anything like that, I would have been like, "No way, dude, aliens are more bellievable." So yeah, I didn't believe in any of it.

But as I grew up, things got really tough. It felt like I was falling into this dark abyss for years and years-like almost a decade. There was just something seriously off with me, you know? This deep emptiness, pain, loneliness... I lost myself entirely. How do you live when you don't even know who you are? Struggled big time with depression, anxiety, speech impediment,family problems-it's too much to count. It got so bad that at one point I honestly just didn't think I could go on anymore. But I wasn't ready to end it all yet, there was still some flicker of hope left inside me. So what did I do? Tried to escape reality through addictions and just living my life without really thinking much about anything meaningful.

You know, along the way, I was looking for something to help me out-like self-development stuff, new age ideas, eastern philosophies... you name it. But nothing stuck really; didn't change much but kept me going for a bit.

One night, like maybe 6 or 7 years back, I went to this high bridge and climbed the railings ready to jump. And right there in that moment, something happened-I had this supernatural encounter. It was pure love-like nothing I'd ever felt before-and it lasted only about three seconds but it was intense. I knew then-it's hard to explain exactly how-but I just kew it was God, Jesus Christ or whatever. That love gave me hope and made me stop and go home confused. From that night on, I started praying-properly for the first time-and felt like He heard me.
And so began this journey of research; months of digging into Christianity, Bible stuff, evidence... just trying to make sense of it all because I'm a very intellectual guy, you know? The more I delved in, the more everything made perfect sense. It was like my whole life had been filled with lies until then, but now I saw the truth.

So yeah, from that point on, things started getting better for me. And this thought keeps popping back into my mind: there's a verse in the Bible about how no one has seen God fully, although people have met Him or felt His presence in some form. But it also says He reveals Himself through creation-how everything around us reflects its Creator.

When folks take a moment to really think about this world and see it for what it is, they know there must be some kind of God out there, some Creator, even if they don't exactly know which one or who that might be. But here's the thing: people often suppress that truth because they love doing things wrong. They want to live by their own rules, not according to what God might ask of them. It's more about a moral choice than an intellectual one-sometimes people just don't want to believe in God or serve different gods who align with their deires and lifestyles instead.

Anyway, after reading your whole story line by line, I swear I could feel the presence of God just coming through in every word. It's like there's this divine, pure, and totally heartfelt vibe to how you talk about everything. Your heart is just brimming wiht faith, kindness, and that beautiful light from God-really feels that way. Thanks a lot for sharing such an amazing experience-it was truly moving and a real blessing to read. You know, it really touched my soul deep down.

I am glad that God entrusted this world to humanity and chooses to work through people. It was heartening to see those words resonate with you, and I praise God for the connection.

I will pray for you and offer my support if there is anything specific you need or would like to share.

However, it's important not to assume that having knowledge and wisdom aloen guarantees understanding of life. Right now, I am facing this struggle myself but want to fully commit to following the Lord's path without wavering.

Reflecting on free will, I realize how essential it is to our existence. It makes us accountable for our actions and gives us true freedom and power as living beings.

God bless you.